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A COLLECTION OF 40 SIGNED HOLOGRAPHIC LETTERS SPANNING THE YEARS 1964 THRU 1993; 14 from Edith Tolkien (wife of J.R.R.) dated 1964 thru 1971 and 26 from Priscilla (only daughter of J.R.R. & Edith) dated 1969 thru 1993; most in fine condition, many multi-page; all but two with original envelope when called for and all addressed to long time family friend Professor W. Meredith Thompson of Canada. Some details/highlights: Edith thanks Meredith for naming her the dedicatee of his book and receipt of same; mentions that her and J.R.R. give nicknames to those people they are fond of (indeed in all 14 letters from Edith, she refers to the recipient as "My Dear Merrie Tom"); notes that the pirated edition (Ace paperback publication) of THE LORD OF THE RINGS is causing her husband extra work and delaying work on his next book; the reasons leading up to leaving and selling their Oxford residence; J.R.R.'s fall down the stairs and complicated knee surgery and later thrombosis as well as other…
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A COLLECTION OF 40 SIGNED HOLOGRAPHIC LETTERS SPANNING THE YEARS 1964 THRU 1993
by ( J.R.R. Tolkien ) Tolkien, Edith & Tolkien, Priscilla
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THE MAN IN THE MOON - SKY TALES FROM MANY LANDS
by Jablow, A. & Wilson, P.
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THE MAN IN THE MOON - SKY TALES FROM MANY LANDS, Holt, 1969, first edition., fine in dust-wrapper. Over fifty folk tales from around the world, many anthropomorphizing the heavenly bodies. Illustrated by Peggy Wilson.
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THE FATE OF A FAIRY
by Jack, E. E.
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THE FATE OF A FAIRY, Donohue, 1910, first edition., a bright vg+ copy. Illustrated with photos. A tale of a woman pioneer and her 27 years in the far west. Quite uncommon.
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Golden Book for OCTOBER, 1929
by Jack London, Edgar Allan Poe, W. S. Gilbert, Stephen Leacock, James Montgomery Flagg, Boris Artzybasheff
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Golden Book for OCTOBER, 1929, Review of Reviews Corp., 1929, first edition, very good plus to near fine in full color pictorial wraps executed by Boris Artzybasheff. Contains contributions by Jack London, Edgar Allan Poe, W. S. Gilbert, Stephen Leacock, James Montgomery Flagg, et.al. Illustrated.
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SHANE
by Schaefer. Jack
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SHANE, Houghton Mifflin, 1950, first edition, tape stains to the front and rear boards as well as the end-papers and paste-downs, lending library bookplate on the f.e.p., else a vg+/near fine copy.
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HISTORY OF THE SIXTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION
by Jackman, Captain Lyman & Hadley, Amos
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HISTORY OF THE SIXTH NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION, Republican Press Association, 1891, first edition, a tight vg or better copy with unbroken inner hinges in the publishers original dark blue cloth binding with silver and gold-gilt stamped spine. Illustrated.
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ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS
by Jacks, L. P.
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ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS, Williams & Norgate, 1913, first edition., spne a bit faded, else a vg+ copy.
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THE HEROES OF SMOKEOVER
by Jacks, L. P.
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THE HEROES OF SMOKEOVER, Doran, 1926 first American edition, t.p.e. dusty, else just about fine in vg dust-wrapper with some chipping to the head of the dust-wrapper spine and upper right corner of rear dust-wrapper panel.
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THE MAGIC FORMULA AND OTHER STORIES
by Jacks, L. P.
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THE MAGIC FORMULA AND OTHER STORIES, Harpers, 1927, first edition., a bright vg+ copy.
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ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS
by Jacks, L. P.
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ALL MEN ARE GHOSTS, Williams & Norgate, 1913, first edition., a tight, bright vg+ copy in a vg dust-wrapper save for the price clipped from the center of the dust-wrapper spine and 2 near one inch squares neatly excised from the lower corners of the front dust-wrapper panel. Very scarce in dw.
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ART AT AUCTION,THE YEAR AT SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET 1974-75
by Jackson, A.
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ART AT AUCTION,THE YEAR AT SOTHEBY PARKE BERNET 1974-75, Viking, 1976, first American edition, fine in dust-wrapper. Great reference.
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MICHAEL JACKSON DANGEROUS
by Jackson, Michael & Donald, Nancy & Ryden, Mark
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MICHAEL JACKSON DANGEROUS, MJJ Productions, Inc., 1991, first edition, corners gently bumped, else a fine copy of this pop-up. Offered initially as a promotional copy, not for resale item. as noted. Seemingly uncommon.
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RAMONA
by Jackson, Helen ( H. H. )
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RAMONA, Roberts Brothers, 1884, first edition, some silverfish evident to a small section of the front cover, some light wear to the base of the spine and the fore edge corner tips, else a just about vg copy in the publishers original green cloth gold-gilt stamped pictorial binding.
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A DEMIGOD
by Jackson, Edward Payson
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A DEMIGOD, Harpers, 1887, first edition., wear at corner tips and spine extremities, else a near vg copy. An early homo-superior novel in which the protaganist is a physically perfect being evolved by a process of artificial selection through several generations. Early American science fiction.
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THE LOTTERY
by Jackson, Shirley
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THE LOTTERY, Creative Education, 1983, first separate edition, as new without dust-wrapper as issued.
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GRAND CIRCUS PARK U.S.W
by Jackson, H.C.L.
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GRAND CIRCUS PARK U.S.W., Arnold- Powers, 1938, first edition., a vg+/near fine copy in an attractive dust-wrapper with some light chipping. SIGNED by the author.
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THE GOLD POINT
by Jackson, Charles Loring
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THE GOLD POINT, Stratford, 1926, first edition, age toning to the page edges, some light soil to the front cover, gold lettering somewhat dulled (more so to the spine), else a tight vg copy.
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OF THE USES OF BOOKS
by Jackson, Holbrook
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OF THE USES OF BOOKS, Limited Editions Club, 1937, first edition, some wear to the fore edge corner tips, lightening to the boards fore edges and top page edges, else a tight vg+ in a somewhat worn and chipped glassine dust-wrapper. 1/1,500 copies.
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WHEN SHILOH CAME
by Jackson, Ambrose Lester
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WHEN SHILOH CAME, Ogilvie, 1899, first edition., some soiling to covers and page edges, else just about a vg copy of this most uncommon book, a prototype of the sword and sorcery genre. Illustrated.
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BEHOLD THE JEW
by Jackson, Ada
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BEHOLD THE JEW, Macmillan, 1944, first American edition, slight wear to the head of the spine, else near fine in pictorial boards and matching vg+ dust-wrapper. The Greenwood Poetry Prize winner in the U.K. for 1943 by this British national poetry prize winner 10 years earlier.
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